Roquefort Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Roquefort Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 410 | 1:162,007 | 25,225 |
| Chile | 50 | 1:352,329 | 9,825 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Roquefort Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roquefort Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roquefort is most common in France. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Roquefort click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roquefort? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 637,196th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Roquefort live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Roquefort is most common in France, where it is carried by 410 people, or 1 in 162,007. In France it is primarily found in: Occitanie, where 68 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 8 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 7 percent are found. Besides France this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 10 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocquefort | 95 | 13 | / |
| Roqueford | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rouchefort | 84 | 1 | / |
| Rochefort | 78 | 5,523 | / |
| Rockefort | 78 | 2 | / |
| Rochefoort | 74 | 1 | / |
| Rocafort | 71 | 2,104 | / |
| Recafort | 71 | 198 | / |
| Rocofort | 71 | 11 | / |
| Rochefor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Racefort | 71 | 1 | / |
| Racofort | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rocheford | 67 | 492 | / |
| Rocoffort | 67 | 28 | / |
| Rockeford | 67 | 9 | / |
| Roccafort | 67 | 2 | / |
| Roccoffort | 63 | 0 | / |
| Rocaford | 59 | 4 | / |
| Raqifar | 50 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Roquefort
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